LookML to Microsoft SQL Server Integration

How Datrise loads LookML into Microsoft SQL Server

Datrise syncs LookML's models, explores, views, dimensions, measures, and joins into Microsoft SQL Server as a typed table per source entity. Flexible or custom fields land in NVARCHAR(MAX) JSON columns, and timestamps such as created, updated, and status changes are typed as datetime2.

Sync is incremental: Datrise uses a watermark on updated-at, applied with a MERGE statement, so re-runs update only what changed. Optional partitioned tables on a date partition function. SQL Server defaults to a case-insensitive collation, so Datrise preserves original casing in a metadata column to avoid silent key collisions.

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Endpoints

LookML: Semantic model definitions behind Looker content.

Microsoft SQL Server: Microsoft relational DB with enterprise features.

How LookML entities map to Microsoft SQL Server

LookML entity	Microsoft SQL Server object	Notes
models	`lookml_models`	id PK · custom fields → NVARCHAR(MAX) JSON columns
explores	`lookml_explores`	id PK · linked to lookml_models
views	`lookml_views`	id PK · linked to lookml_models
dimensions	`lookml_dimensions`	id PK · linked to lookml_models

FAQ

How does Datrise handle LookML's custom fields in Microsoft SQL Server?

Flexible values are stored as NVARCHAR(MAX) JSON columns, so new fields don't require a migration; strongly-typed fields — dates, numbers, and references — are promoted to native Microsoft SQL Server types.

How does the LookML to Microsoft SQL Server sync stay up to date?

It runs incrementally — Datrise uses a watermark on updated-at, applied with a MERGE statement.

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